STOP talking about Zelda being delayed and Wii U being dead

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Captain_Yuri said:

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Captain_Yuri said:

If the game is on the NX... There is no reason to play the wiiU version since the NX will probably be the best version. And not to mention that I will lose faith on Nintendo's ability to deliver me games on the platform I purchased so instead of buying their consoles at launch in the future, I will be buying it only when the games that I want comes out

It isn't petty... It's logical and reasonable... When the NX launches, it will have games for it anyway that will make it sell where as what will the wiiU have? Nothing... Why hamper sales of software on the wiiU when you can have software sales on both the wiiU and NX? It really shouldnt even be that hard to see

It is not about whether or not more people get to enjoy the game, it is about having confidence on Nintendo to deliver the games that is expected of them. A dedicated Zelda game is expected of Nintendo for every platform they release, whether it be a success or a failure and they have delivered that so far and I doubt they will stop now. If they release it on NX and wiiU, then I will lose my confidence on Nintendo because their games will then be highly dependent on the success or failure of their platform so instead of me buying their console at launch, I will no longer do so

And no... They should not go for it because the NX will have both software and hardware sales regardless... This way, they can have the NX sales + wiiU sales as well instead of completely butchering the sales of the wiiU and their future console market

Or you know NX might have the third sh*tty launch in a row for Nintendo and be the end of Nintendo as viable hardware producer. 

Launch games don't magically grow on trees, what would the Wii launch window have looked like without repurposed GameCube projects? 

No TP, no Super Paper Mario, no Fire Emblem ... I get 

Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wario Ware, and then like a 6 month gap until Mario Party for the first 10 months. 

You think that would've worked out well? 

What's done is done with the Wii U ... it's a sales turd, nothing is changing that now, if they can get more sales for the game and improve their launch window for the NX by using Zelda ... they should do it. 

You know people cried and whined when Nintendo announced TP for the Wii too, right? They cited the same reasons as you are and I remember many were saying they'd never buy the Wii, Nintendo promised them TP on GCN, Nintendo promised them realistic Zelda for 5 years, blah, blah, blah. Now in hindsight, they look very silly and they all ended up buying the Wii anyway, so what difference did it make. 

Well, I highly doubt Nintendo's handheld will have a shitty launch since if there is one thing that they always got right, it is their handhelds... And if there is one thing they should learn from the 3ds, its to not over price it which was the issue with the 3ds launch.

And yes, I agree that launch games don't grow on trees hence why Nintendo needs to plan that ahead of time which they did with plenty of their handhelds and their consoles. The NX will have games at launch because the 3ds has fuck all so where is all that development going into that is missing from the 3ds? The NX of course! And they are still making games for the wiiU because they most likely need more time for their next gen console so instead of butchering the sales of the wiiU and kill their console market entirely...

And we both know the wii didn't sell so highly cause of the games but rather the motion controls and its ability to entertain the casuals

And the thing with the wiiU is that it is still selling... It is up YoY... It's high profile software and even its mid-tier software all sell over 1 million lifetime which brings in profits. There is no reason for them to kill the wiiU because they will have a second source of income while they are launching the NX and they will also make sure that it doesn't kill their future console because if they launch the handheld with zero noteable software for the wiiU, that draught is going to be huge and no one would buy their next console. The wiiU doesn't sell much in terms of hardware, I agree but it is still up YoY and its software sells a respectable amount... It will just make them more money as they transition into their next gen handheld next year and their next gen console a year after. As soon as people hear the NX is a handheld, the 3ds sales will tank and so will the sales of the handheld division so they need to make money for 6 or so months until the NX will actually launch and they can do that easily with the wiiU and they have done exactly that with their past generations. They make most amount of their money on software, not hardware and they are better off selling a $60 game on the wiiU + wiiU Hardware which will certainly also be profitable than $40 game on the NX  because the NX will sell anyway

Yes, they cried but you can justify it to a degree saying that the GC had its own dedicated Zelda... This will have zero justification

What do they have to justify? 

Like the game is already being delayed to 2016 no matter what.

Will the game be sweeter/better for you knowing that it's sales potential is crippled and there are probably 2-3 million people who won't get to play the game? All you guys complaining about this know damn well you're going to buy an NX at some point anyway, let the NX people enjoy the game too. Their $50 is not worth any less than yours. 

Again I just think this whole reasoning is childish and petty, "they promised me this game, and I don't want to share it with anyone!". Gimme a break. 

Wii U is selling like steamed crap, even the GameCube was selling far better, so it being up YoY over a pathetic baseline is hardly anything to throw a party over. That's likely saying 350 pound guy is now only 347 pounds after a full year of dieting. I mean yeah it's an improvement, but lets not get it twisted -- dude is still fat as fuck. 

If you are true Nintendo fan IMO, you will recoginize that for NINTENDO'S sake having the game sell maybe as much as 3x more and having a sure fire killer app for the NX launch while still delivering the same game to Wii U owners is also what's best for Nintendo's business and for Zelda as a franchise too. 

I don't know if you noticed, but the Zelda series isn't exactly selling like COD or GTA these days either. Nintendo must keep the franchise relevant by introducing it to new gamers, not just appeasing one little group of die-in-the-wool Nintendo fans on the Wii U. Anything Nintendo can do to expand the brand at this point is again a benefit, not the catastrophe you guys try to paint it as.